Education Spending

Mr. Allen

To ask the Secretary of State for Education and Skills what the spending per head on pupils in Nottingham, North was in 1997; and what the spending per head was in the latest period for which figures are available [98326]

The information requested is submitted to the Department according to local education authority areas. The available information for Nottinghamshire and Nottingham City local education authorities is contained in the following tables.

Real Terms: net current expenditure (after recharges) ¹ per pupil² in the pre-primary sector, maintained primary schools and maintained secondary schools in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire local education authority areas, financial years 1996–97 to 2001–02 (real terms) ³
	Local education authority areas	Pre-primary and primary⁴per pupil spend(£)	Secondary per pupil spend(£)	Total spend(£000s)	Total per pupil spend(£)
Pre-LGR ⁵
1996–97	Nottinghamshire	2,210	2,960	384,590	2,520
1997–98	Nottinghamshire	2,160	2,890	376,180	2,460
Post-LGR ⁵
1998–99	Nottinghamshire	2,250	2,820	289,770	2,510
	Nottingham City	2,440	3,520	104,730	2,770
1999–2000	Nottinghamshire	2,320	2,810	299,410	2,540
	City of Nottingham	2,610	3,160	111,020	2,800
2000–01	Nottinghamshire	2,580	2,890	322,400	2,720
	Nottingham City	2,740	3,510	117,920	3,010
2001–02	Nottinghamshire	2,710	3,170	345,802	2,920
	Nottingham City	3,200	3,880	132,837	3,450
¹ NCE includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by LEAs.
² Financial year pupils are used. These are calculated from Annual Schools' Census data.
³ The real terms figures have been calculated at 2001–02 Prices, using December 2002 gross domestic product deflators.
⁴ The spend per pupil figures for pre-primary/primary relates the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.
⁵ Nottinghamshire LEA was subject to the Local Government Re-organisation (LGR) in April 1998, and therefore, pre-LGR and post-LGR and post-LGR Nottinghamshire are not directly comparable.

Note:

Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.

Source: 1996–97 to 1998–99 data were drawn from the education Revenue Outturn statements submitted to the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions. 1999–2000 and 2000–01 data were drawn from Section 52 (Table 3) outturn statements which LEAs submitted to the DfES.

Cash Terms: net current expenditure (after recharges)¹per pupil² in the pre-primary sector, maintained primary schools and maintained secondary schools in Nottingham City and Nottinghamshire local education authority areas, financial years 1996–97 to 2001–02 (cash terms)
	Local education authority areas	Pre-primary and primary³per pupil spend(£)	Secondary per pupil spend(£)	Total spend(£000s)	Total per pupil spend(£)
Pre-LGR ⁴
1996–97	Nottinghamshire	1,950	2,610	339,210	2,220
1997–98	Nottinghamshire	1,960	2,630	342,040	2,240
Post-LGR4 ⁴
1998–99	Nottinghamshire	2,110	2,630	270,710	2,340
	City of Nottingham	2,280	3,290	97,840	2,580
1999–2000	Nottinghamshire	2,220	2,690	286,481	2,430
	City of Nottingham	2,490	3,020	106,224	2,680
2000–01	Nottinghamshire	2,520	2,830	315,307	2,660
	City of Nottingham	2,680	3,440	115,330	2,950
2001–02	Nottinghamshire	2,710	3,170	345,802	2,920
	City of Nottingham	3,200	3,880	132,837	3,450
¹ NCE includes expenditure within schools and also that incurred centrally by LEAs.
² Financial year pupils are used. These are calculated from Annual Schools' Census data.
³ The spend per pupil figures for pre-primary/primary relates the net current expenditure (after recharges) in the pre-primary sector and maintained primary schools to the total number of financial year pupils who are educated in the maintained nursery and primary schools sector.						⁴ Nottinghamshire LEA was subject to the Local Government Re-organisation in April 1998, and therefore, pre-LGR and post-LGR Nottinghamshire are not directly comparable.

Note:

Figures have been rounded to the nearest £10.

Source:

1996–97 to 1998–99 data were drawn from the education Revenue Outturn statements submitted to the Department of Transport, Local Government and the Regions. 1999–2000 and 2000–01 data were drawn from Section 52 (Table 3) outturn statements, which LEAs submitted to the DfES.

Volume 400: debated on Wednesday 26 February 2003